A beat is an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, perceived as a periodic variation in volume whose rate is the difference of the two frequencies. Frequency beat is equal to,
The reference frequency in our case would be 392Hz, and since there is the possibility of the upper and lower range for the amount of beats per second that the two possible frequencies are heard would be
Therefore the two possible frequencies the piano wire is vibrating at, would be 396Hz and 388Hz
since both components, length and time, are measurable
<span>since Rate = length ÷ time </span>
<span>∴ rate is also measurable and ∴ quantitative.
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(I assume that the 4 directions north-south-east-west are meant with respect to the wire seen from the top.)
We can use the right-hand rule to understand the direction of the magnetic field generated by the wire. The thumb follows the direction of the current in the wire (upward), while the other fingers give the direction of the field in every point around the wire. Seen from the top, the field has an anti-clockwise direction. Therefore, if we take a point at east with respect to the wire, in this point the field has direction south.
